Spastic Onomastic

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

In perusing randomly selected birth announcements across the USA, I've found the following names popping up more than usual:

GIRLSCorinne
Veda/Vada/Vayda (people who were influenced by the movie "My Girl" in the 90s are now having kids!)
Loretta (especially as a middle name)Freya (goes along with Odin and Thor for boys)Bonnie
Luella/Luanna/Louanne
Lydia
Lorelei
Sylvie
Laurel
Eloise

Thursday, July 05, 2018

The SSA has released baby names from Puerto Rico (and other US territories, which I will get to later) going back to 1998. As far as I can tell, this is the first time they have released Puerto Rican names! Puerto Rico is a territory of the USA, although not a full state (i.e., they pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, but not income taxes to the US Government, and have no representation in US Congress). I have grouped the most popular names of 2017 by spelling here:

In addition, here is a list of all the of the names that are unique to Puerto Rico. That is, all the names that have shown up on the SSA list in Puerto Rico since 1998 that never made it to the USA list:

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

The names in the following list were given to exactly the same number
of boys as girls. These statistics are for the spellings listed here
only (e.g., "Ryen" was split 50/50, but if you put it together with
Ryan, it skews way more male)

Aidynn

Ase

Autry

Azeriah

Bevin

Biak

Cameo

Cashmere

Choice

Chosyn

Cobie

Dhani

Ekko

Elis

Ellyot

Gemini

Hyland

Iremide

Iretomiwa

Jayln

Jem

Jerzey

Jessee

Jeylani

Jojo

Kahri

Kastyn

Kayce

Kaysyn

Kelyn

Kharsyn

Kiko

Kimoni

Kindred

Kitt

Kyri

Landy

Lyrix

Majestic

Maxie

Munachimso

Ngozi

Roe

Romie

Ryen

Safari

Shaden

Tobie

Victorious

Yarel

Yohanan

Zaryn

Zhen

Ziyan

Gentry

Names that were used for both genders, but skew ever so slightly female:

Aalijah

Aaris

Abrar

Abyan

Adama

Ademide

Adi

Admire

Adoree

Adriann

Aideen

Akari

Alexius

Alika

Amel

Amori

Amory

An

Anael

Angell

Anh

Armanni

Arrington

Ary

Ashe

Ashland

Atlee

Audi

Avory

Avrey

Awesome

Azani

Azari

Azariah

Azarie

Azaryah

Azayah

Azhar

Aziah

Baylin

Bergen

Bhavya

Bleu

Braylyn

Breland

Breslin

Brighten

Brittain

Caelin

Cambridge

Campbell

Carroll

Cayce

Cayenne

Caylen

Charlie

Chenxi

Chi

Chikamso

Coley

Corrin

Crimson

Cyan

Cypress

Daelyn

Dakota

Dakotah

Daley

Deni

Devlyn

Elham

Ellington

Elroi

Emerson

England

Erian

Favor

Finley

Frankie

Gianny

Golden

Grae

Graycen

Haydyn

Honor

Hudsyn

Huntlee

Indiana

Indy

Jackie

Jadis

Jael

Jahlani

Jalyn

Jamani

Jamesyn

Jami

Jasiri

Jasiyah

Jaskirat

Jaydee

Jaydence

Jazari

Jianni

Jodeci

Jordie

Jordin

Jory

Jozy

Judea

Jule

Jules

Justice

Kairee

Kani

Karcyn

Kareen

Kasi

Kaylor

Keatyn

Keelyn

Kelley

Kilyn

Kirat

Knoxlee

Kodee

Kodi

Korbynn

Koree

Kosisochukwu

Kova

Laken

Lakota

Lam

Landry

Laramie

Lawsyn

Lean

Lenyx

Loghan

Londin

Lynden

Lyrick

Lyrik

Maddyx

Madyx

Maize

Makani

Malikah

Malone

Mati

Mavi

Merlyn

Meron

Merrill

Moo

Morireoluwa

Mykah

Nana

Nature

Naz

Nazareth

Nazari

Neri

Nijah

Noha

Nolynn

Nur

Nuri

Oakley

Oluwanifemi

Oluwatamilore

Oluwatoni

Omni

Osa

Palmer

Parish

Paxtyn

Peniel

Rayen

Rebel

Reilly

Remmington

Reyhan

Ridley

Robin

Romey

Rorey

Ryin

Ryley

Sahej

Sakari

Salem

Sammie

Samuela

Schuyler

Senai

Seneca

Seraphim

Shamari

Shammah

Shavon

Shea

Sidney

Simar

Sina

Skyler

Solace

Soul

Sway

Tamari

Tashi

Taygen

Tayten

Tennessee

Tennyson

Timber

Tobi

Winslow

Wrigley

Wynn

Yancy

Yireh

Yu

Zaelyn

Zaiah

Zailyn

Names that were used for both genders, but skew ever so slightly male: